Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction series tomorrow, Tuesday, May 26: HOT TYPE: 150 YEARS OF THE NATION
Barbara Kopple’s exploration of the flagship magazine of the left had its world premiere at MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight earlier this year. It has since screened at Sarasota, IFF Boston, and Montclair, and will be part of the lineups of Nantucket and AFI Docs, among other upcoming events.
I previously wrote about the doc for Nantucket’s program, saying:
Acclaimed documentarian Barbara Kopple, a two-time Academy Award® winner, returns to the festival with her latest film, a fascinating inside look at the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States, THE NATION. Now in its 150th year, the left-leaning publication remains as dedicated to its progressive mission as ever, but faces the daunting prospect of an aging readership and a new digital media landscape. As its captivating publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, tackles increasingly polarized political current affairs, Kopple skillfully weaves in stories from the magazine’s past to form an illuminating bridge to its present and future.
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